Rebel Chief Mine

Past Producer in Colfax county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012981
MRDS ID D009023
Record type Site
Current site name Rebel Chief Mine
Alternate or previous names Chief Tunnel, Virginia Hudson Tunnel, Mountain Queen Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.18777, 36.61754 (WGS84)
Elevation 3078
Relative position ABOUT 46 MILES S 65 W OF RATON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colfax(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Touch-Me-Not Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cimarron(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Colfax

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028N 016E 36 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN ADIT. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Pierre Shale
    Rock description Pierre Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.18777, 36.61754

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 30 TO 35 NE
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized At The Contact Of Shale And Monzonite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Baldy District: Baldy Mountain: Ute Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maxwell Land Grant

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED BY PETITT, 1946, CONSISTED OF TWELVE TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., SANTAFE, N.M., P. 138-151

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 92-96, P. 98-99

  • Deposit

    METZGER, O.H., 1938 USBM IC-6987, P. 57

  • Deposit

    PETITT, R.F., JR., 1946 NMBMMR OFR-15, P. 32-33

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WANEK, A.A., AND OTHERS, 1964 USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-425

  • Deposit

    PETITT, R.F., JR., 1966 NMGS GUIDEBOOK SEVENTEENTH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 66-75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references